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THROAT CANCER FROM SMOKING

Recovery Phases – (1) Physical nicotine withdrawal peaks by day three and is substantially complete within 10 days to two weeks. Once you stop using all nicotine, the amount remaining in your bloodstream will be cut by half every two hours. Within 72 hours, 100% of nicotine and 90% of the...

Measuring Victory - Forget about quitting "forever." Like attempting the seemingly impossible task of eating an entire cow or steer, it's the biggest psychological bite imaginable. Instead, work hard at adopting a more manageable "one steak at a time," or better yet "one day at a time,"...

Calm Your Deep Inner Mind - The primitive subconscious mind (the lizard brain) falsely sees ending all nicotine use as though committing suicide or starving ourselves to death. It does not think, plan or plot against us but simply reacts to the years of input it has received from the mind’s...

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Be Honest With You - Nicotine dependency is every bit as real and permanent as alcoholism. An external chemical has caused your brain reward pathways to teach your deep inner mind that regular nicotine feedings are your #1 priority in life, more important than family, friends, eating...

The Law of Addiction - The law of addiction states, "administration of a drug to an addict will cause re-establishment of chemical dependence upon the addictive substance." Yes, just one powerful puff, dip or chew and you'll be faced with again enduring up to 72 hours of nicotine detox, by...

"Why Did I Start Smoking? Why Did I Quit?" It is pretty funny. People often try to reflect on when and why they started smoking as if thinking that it would answer the daunting question of why they continue to smoke. In reality, the reason you start and the reasons you continue are not the...

I Can't Quit or I Won't Quit "I don't want to be called on during this clinic. I am quitting smoking, but I don't want to talk about it. Please don't call on me." This request was made by a lady enrolling in one of my clinics over 20 years ago. I said sure. I won't make you talk, but if you...

Quitting by Gradual Withdrawal Quitting by the gradual withdrawal method. I discuss this method quite extensively in my seminars. I always tell how if there is anyone attending who knows a smoker who they really despise they should actively encourage them to follow the gradual...

"Quitting Smoking" A Fate Worse than Death? People sitting in at smoking clinics are amazed at how resistant smokers are to giving up cigarettes. Even smokers will sit and listen to horror stories of other participants in sheer disbelief. Some smokers have had multiple heart attacks...

Are You Smoking More and Enjoying it Less? This creative slogan was once used by a cigarette advertiser trying to entice smokers of other brands to switch to their product. The slogan was a brilliantly conceived advertising tactic. Almost every smoker who had indulged for a significant...

A Safer Way to Smoke Smokers are always looking for ways to reduce the health risks of smoking. Unfortunately, most techniques used to reduce the risk don't work, and, in many cases, may actually increase the dangers of smoking. Probably the most popular method of risk reduction is...

The Power of Advertising The father sat reflecting on how much joy his two sons brought to him during the year. He decided to buy them both the present of their choice this holiday season. When he asked his older boy what he would like, the son replied, “Oh boy, I would like so many things...

I've Smoked for So Long and So Much, What is the Use in Quitting Now? On the third day of a recent clinic, a woman participant in her late fifties who had been off smoking for just over 48 hours asked one of those questions that I have heard hundreds of times in past programs. “I have...

Remember, smoking cannot solve problems of daily living. No matter what the problem, there is a more effective way of solving it than smoking. In fact, a smoker's health risks are a real problem that can only be solved if they - NEVER TAKE ANOTHER PUFF!

How would you deal with the following situations? Your 2-year-old is having a temper tantrum because he wants a new toy. Would you; Leave him alone until he calmed down Give into his demands Give him a tranquilizer Your 7-year-old is anxious about next week's Little League tryouts...

Why Do I Smoke? Most smokers spend countless hours during their smoking careers trying to satisfactorily answer this most perplexing question. Typically, answers they come up with are that they smoke because they are unhappy, unsatisfied, nervous, bored, anxious, lonely, tired or just...

You Smoke Because You're A Smoke-a-holic! Some smokers say they smoke because they are nervous. Others say they smoke to celebrate. Some think they smoke for energy. Many smoke to look sexy. Yet others smoke to stay awake or to sleep. Some think they smoke to think. One truly unique...